It's well known that ketosis is a great way to lose weight. But the effects are much more profound than this. On our overall well being and health, researchers have found that ketosis can not only help prevent disease, but can even reverse and cure some quite serious diseases as well. Let's recap a little. It seems that medical health professionals have been approaching health problems from the wrong point of view. The afflictions that we commonly call disease, such as fatty liver, cancer, diabetes, and Alzheimer's, etc.

Are really symptoms of the root problem, which is known as metabolic syndrome. Our metabolism is being destroyed by the modern diet of processed foods, rich in carbohydrates, and very low in fat. Not only does ketosis prevent the disease from occurring, it's a great preventative measure. It can also cure some diseases. One researcher Dr. Thomas Seyfried devised an index to measure our metabolic health is called the glucose ketone index, or Gk AI. And it's a way of determining how well our metabolism is fighting disease.

Dr. C free realize that the purity the effects of ketosis are directly related to the ratio between the ketones and glucose level in the bloodstream. The normal glucose trains for an average adult is four to six m m o l police Which stands for millimoles per liter. And this tends to reduce on the keto diet. ketones on the other hand rise, so there is a fluctuating relationship between the two. It's a glucose reading measuring, and an O l per liter is divided by the level of ketones in the blood. The result is called the Gk I.

For most people, this is very high. As the ketone readings can be lower than point one. blood glucose doesn't really get very high, because insulin is produced to keep it within the safe limits. So ketone levels become very important. Dr. C freeze research shows that a Gk an index of less than one is very therapeutic for serious disease like cancer. This extreme level of ketosis is very difficult to achieve and maintain.

Fortunately, we don't need to go that far to maintain optimal health. If we draw a line representing Gk, at one end we have zero. Of course this is impossible, but Dr. C flees research indicates as an index less than one has a very high therapeutic impact on serious disease. an index between two and three is still highly therapeutic, and the metabolism is engaged in deep cleansing of cells, and rolling back all kinds of disease, such as diabetes, and many others resulting from inflammations. A value between three and nine is called nutritional ketosis and is great for maintaining optimum health and preventing illness from occurring. Gk I overnight means that the body is no longer in a state of ketosis.

So we can see that our ketone level is only one part of the story. We also need to gauge and actually measure our glucose levels and make sure that there is a low as they can be. In this way, the combination the ratio between the two is quite a reliable indication of overall health. Fortunately, electronic meters to measure glucose and ketones are readily available and they are cheap and easy to use. Each tester comes with testing strips, which can be bought separately. You simply push the strip into the slot at the top of the instrument and itself activates Next, pick the thumb or finger and apply a spot of blood to the end of the strip.

Within a few seconds, your readings will be displayed, and you can calculate your Gk Ei. readings will fluctuate from day to day. And during the day, the best time to test is perhaps three to four hours after your meal, or just before your next meal. A few days after starting the diet, you'll find that your ketone readings are quite high. But after two weeks or so, these readings reduce simply because your cells prefer to burn fat instead of sugar. For the first two or three weeks of the diet, the cells are still burning sugar that is stored in your body.

In general, over time, if your keto reading is more than point five, then you're in ketosis at some level, the exact level is determined by the Gk, your glucose ketone index. So the same time you would take your blood glucose reading